Gainesville driver killed in crash on Hawthorne Road

Saturday

Cody Linne, 27, was killed in the accident, according to a Florida Highway Patrol news release.

A Gainesville motorist was killed and his passenger seriously injured early Saturday morning when he lost control of the pickup truck he was driving on Hawthorne Road.

Cody Linne, 27, was killed in the accident, according to a Florida Highway Patrol news release. Eric Mitchell, 26, of Earleton, was taken to UF Health Shands Hospital.

The crash occurred about 2:15 a.m. on Hawthorne Road at Southeast 60th Terrace. Linne was driving a 2005 Chevrolet Silverado east in the left lane when he drove off the road, overcorrected, traveled into the median and overturned, the release states.

Linne, who was not wearing his seat belt, was ejected from the pickup and died at the scene. The release states that Mitchell’s injuries were serious but not life-threatening.

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